Star Micronics 8 Series Printer User Manual


 
Margins, columns and lines
Youcanchangemarginsettingsforallfouredgesofapage.Theleftandright
sidemarginscan havevaluesfromOto 132,definingthemargincolumns
betweenwhichwordsandimagescarIbe printed.Andthetop andbottom
marginscanbe setat anywherefromOto 112lines.
Top Margin
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Side Margins
Text
Length
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Column
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Porlrait
Bottom Margin
Landscape
Orientation
Orientation
Theactualmeaningof a columnis definedby thesettingforthe
horizontal
motion index
(HMI).The HMIjust meanshow wide you wantthe space
characterto be.Eachcolumn,ruining frompagetopto bottom,willbethe
widthof a space.
Youprobablywillletyoursoftwareworryaboutthespacewidth.Butif you
want,you can set the HMIparameteron the panelin incrementsof 1/120
inch—anywherefrom 1 to 255increments.
Similarly,themeaningofaline(sometimescalleda“row”)isdefinedbythe
vertical motion index (VMI).Theprintermovestheprintpositiondowna
line whenit gets a Line Feed code,usuallywhenit bumpsinto the right
margin.
Again,you’llprobablylet yourcomputerprogramset the line depth.But
from the panel you can set the VMI value in incrementsfrom 1/48 to
255/48of an inch.
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